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To: 1rudeboy

Before the war, Vilnius was “Wilno” which belonged to Poland. After the Nazi-Soviet 1939 invasion, the Soviets annexed it to the Lithuanian SSR, but the city was at that time still predominantly Polish.


16 posted on 12/13/2013 9:58:49 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

If you mean “belonged” as in “occupied,” yes.


19 posted on 12/13/2013 10:13:07 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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